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Frabjous (adj) means Wonderful and delightful.

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Wonderful and delightful.
"O frabjous day! We are all bored out of our minds with Brexit when a demented looking gnome is pulled out of the Ecuadorian embassy by the secret police of the deep state. Or “the met” as normal people call them." — Suzanne Moore, Wikileaks^([sic]) was the future once. Then it became Julian Assange (2019)
""Tomorrow there'll be so much to do," as the Dixie Chicks remind us, "so tonight I'll drift in a dream with you." I want her life to be frabjous, not weighed down with mimsy." — , To Be a Fully Developed Person (and Leader), You Need to Dream (2012)
"It's the sugar rush that quickens the pulse. It's the headlong chocolate-dopamine surge that excites. It's the frabjous joy of tearing into a well-wrapped bar. It's love, love, love." — Jim Myers, Nashville's Best Candies for Valentine's Day (2017)
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Etymology

Originally a nonce word in Lewis Carroll's poem “Jabberwocky” (see the quotation); probably a blend of fair + fabulous + joyous.

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What is the meaning of frabjous?
"frabjous" (adj) means wonderful and delightful.
What is the opposite of frabjous?
The opposite of "frabjous" is mediocre.

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